Monday, September 10, 2012

I thought I had a few more days to put this post together but ﻿it all happened so fast!!

I had decided last week that I would do my first giveaway when I reached 50,000 views. I know some blogs have that in a week, probably a day, but it's a big milestone for me - it means someone besides my mom and my friend DeDe are reading :)

It is mostly thanks to this guy.

So run, run as fast as you can and read about theGingerbread Man!It's funny actually. He has had a bazillion hits - thank you Pinterest and Be Colorful Blog - a fav, but when my friend commissioned him I struggled a bit with how to make the brown Gingerbread Man cute and colorful. Turns out he's a charmer. There have been a few other high traffic posts: like the Pumpkin Totem, and Snowman in a Baggie, which is about the simplest thing I ever thought up!I planned to set up a new mollie's mom Facebook page** and then have a giveaway. Well, I struggled with some of the FB set up issues and linking the blog and FB so that delayed the giveaway a bit.But I finally got it all pulled together and we are over 50,000 views so here are the "deets", as they say:Just "like" mollie's mom on Facebook and then leave a message on this post that you "liked" the new FB page ( if you want to have two chances to win then "pin" your favorite project from this blog and tell me that in the message also!)and what you want to win because you can choose: either a burlap candy corn door hangerlike this

or a canvas with a favorite verse or quotelike this

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You choose and I'll send it your way. Pretty simple. And I'll choose a winner on.... a favorite day of mine ... 9/29 ... College Girls birthday!!!

Good Luck!!!

** The Facebook page is set up but I still am having trouble with the FB "Like" button for my sidebar!!! Any tips??? I've had some choice things to say about the FB" help" pages. :(

Monday, September 3, 2012

It is still hot.hot here in the South and we have long been back at school but traditionally we think of Labor Day as The End. I'm not ready. I'm never ready for Summer to end. I will listen to beach music all year long... Sirius is programmed to Margaritaville... I can't give up shorts and flip flops and Summer colors yet... although the white pants are now retired ... I was raised in the South, y'all. I cannot do it. No matter the temp!﻿

There wasn't enough beach time this Summer.

Let's face it there's never enough beach time for me :)

But my beachy sign has about had it ... ( lesson here - I obviously did not prime. The knots are bleeding through. )

So, it's a little sad to say "so long" to Summer.

But trying to see the bright side... It's time for SEC football!!!! Nothing like Game Day to cheer one up - as I said, I was raised in the South y'all!!

And I'm thinking about painting my tangerine door for Fall. I may go with a warm, dark greige. I'm still playing with my SW paint fan but I know in my heart I cannot put a red bow on that Tangerine door come December 1 :) So I'm thinking of painting that door. I paint my front door like some women change purses. My husband predicts a time will come when that door won't shut 'cause there will be a bazillion layers of paint on it. We'll see.